[HPforGrownups] OOP - Why James changed

[Jenserai Bariman]

No: HPFGUIDX 64070

LDP said:
>Maybe something happened to James which forced him to grow up in a
>hurry - just like Harry.  The thing that pops into my head is the
>death of his parents and/or the rest of his family (The Potters).
>

Me:
I tend to think the change in James was to do with the Prank. Now, there are 
a lot of directions one could go with that general idea, but my opinion is 
that he didn't so much drop his bullying behavior because he grew up but 
because Dumbledore made him. I think Dumbledore missed a lot of what James 
did (perhaps because he tended to pick on people who were too proud to get 
help, ei. Snape), but after the Prank DD realised what had been going on. 
So, he said that if he caught wind of James bullying the other students he 
would expel him. Therefore James simply focused all his pent up aggression 
at Snape, who was _obviously_ at fault for the position James ended up in.

-Jens

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